Rocket carrying French-Chinese satellite lifts off in China | AFP

A Long March 2-C rocket carrying a satellite jointly developed by China and France lifted off from a space base in Xichang, in southwestern China. The launch took place around 3:00pm (0700 GMT). The satellite, dubbed the Space Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM), will seek out gamma-ray bursts, powerful cosmic explosions that offer clues about the history of the universe.
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Where is the first stage?

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In someone's backyard

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Congratulations to both China and France for win-win cooperation of the cause of human-being!

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A successful takeoff

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Going absolutely nowhere 😂😂😂😂😂

[@NorCalMoDo]

going nowhere but the space

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U prolly don’t even know what’s the integral of X

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👀

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